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Deadline to Enter Fifth Annual Verizon Innovative Learning App Challenge Nov. 18
Students have until Nov. 18 to enter the Verizon Innovative Learning app challenge.
Verizon Issues Call to Georgia Students for the Best Problem-Solving App Ideas
The deadline for teams to team to enter the Verizon Innovative Learning app challenge – the no-coding-skills-needed contest that gives middle and high school students a chance to bring their problem-solving app ideas to life – is now fast approaching.
Students can now submit ideas from through Nov. 18, 2016, and the winners will be named in January and February 2017.
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Winning student teams will be chosen from each state, earning a $5,000 grant for their school or organization and free tablets for each team member. Then the Best In State teams will compete for the ultimate prizes: an additional $15,000 for their organizations, and chance to turn their app ideas into real, working smartphone apps that will be made available for download. Past winners have been featured at the White House Science Fair and even gone on to sell their completed apps for cash.
Now in its fifth year, thousands of students across the U.S. have participated in the app challenge - gathering teams, dreaming up ideas, and creating concepts for mobile apps that could solve problems in their schools and communities. A metro Atlanta team (Johns Creek High School) team was among the nine national winners of the 2015-16 contest.
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For more information on how to register for the Verizon Innovative Learning app challenge, or to download the completed apps, visit www.verizon.com/appchallenge. Follow us on Twitter (@VerizonGiving) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/verizonfoundation).
The app challenge, part of Verizon Innovative Learning, was developed to give all students, regardless of their technology experience or access to technology, a chance to make a difference, and to help spark their interest in STEM subjects and careers. Over the past 10 years, for example, STEM jobs have grown three times faster than other jobs. STEM jobs are expected to grow by 1 million by 2022 to a total of more than 9 million jobs.
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